Region: Asia & the Pacific

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-Based Workers in Ahmedabad, India

In Ahmedabad, WIEGO partnered with the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) to carry out this study. This report outlines key findings...

Mapping India’s World of Unorganized LabourSocialist Register

Abstract: The massive unorganized sector, which contributes some 60% of GDP beyond the regulative and protective reach of the state, is one...

The Politics of Urban Space in Mumbai: ‘Citizens’ versus the Urban Poor

Worker Identity, Agency and Economic Development: Women’s Empowerment in the Indian Informal Economy

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Urban India 2011: Evidence

New Governance and the Role of Public and Private Monitoring of Labor Conditions: Sweatshops and China Social Compliance for Textile and Apparel Industry/CSC9000T

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Street Vendor Livelihoods and Everyday Politics in Hanoi, Vietnam: The Seeds of a Diverse Economy?

The Absence of State Law: Domestic Workers in IndiaCanadian Journal of Women and the Law

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Social Protection as Development Policy: Asian Perspectives

Legal Empowerment of the Working Poor: Progress Report

Progress report on WIEGO grant activities concerning law and the working poor in Thailand for the second half of 2012